Summary
All the tables have built-in sunken grills, which is the reason why I chose to review Idol before some other Asian restaurants, i.e. the fact that it features something new to the city -- a fixed-price Korean barbecue. Not just a few dishes, in this case, but all you can eat from an enormous selection of meats, seafood and veggies, all brought to your table to be grilled. They go for $16.99 or $18.99 on weekdays, and $18.99 to $20.99 on weekends, depending on the number of choices. There's also a smaller lunch version for $11.99.
Although colour photographs were of some help, ordering the often unfamiliar dishes was a tad daunting, especially when our friendly waitress tried to steer us away from the kinds of dishes she was afraid that we (the only non-Asians in the place) wouldn't like, such as dishes she thought might be too spicy-hot for us (although those marked with a single pepper symbol turned out to be just nicely tingly), or dishes made with unboned chicken (about which she couldn't have been more wrong, since on-the-bone is how I like my chicken).Top choice with my bunch was the sweet-fleshed slices of white bass, lightly battered and deep fried, in a sauce similar to but much subtler than the usual sweet and sour ($12.99). But others were almost as delicious, notably two of chicken on the bone: a cold appetizer of chicken in a peanut-infused sauce, topped by a crunchy sprinkle of chopped peanuts ($6.99); and the xinjiang chunks of chicken with hand-made rice noodles, aromatic with star anise and with enough chili to bite back ($14.99).See the full content of this document
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Asian Idol Worthy of Worship
Those who don't keep track of the restaurant scene and turn up at the above address expecting to eat at Oceana will be in for a big surprise.
Oceana is long gone, replaced by Idol Asian Cuisine, with a decor that is also totally different. Serene and understated, exemplifying a less-...See the full content of this document
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